Wrapper.



o. E. GROTH.

WRAPPER. APPLlcATloN FILED Nov,'2'1. 1 914.

LMSSWQ Patented Jan..23, 191?,

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OTTO E. GROTH, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WRAPPER.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that l, Urro E. GROTE, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Milwaukee, inv the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful improvements in l/Vrappers, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of this specication.

My invention has relation to improvements in wrappers.

The object of the -invention is to provide an improved form of wrapper,more particularly adapted; although not necessarily,

as a wrapper for collars, cuffs and like stid or starched articles ofwear, the wrapper being of such construction that a number of collars,culi's or like starched articles, can be Wrapped in a compact circularpackage, with but a minimum of trouble and time, and without danger ofaccidental unwrapping. The invention will be particularly described inconnection with its use as a wrapper for collars. as this particularadaptation of the invention will serve to bring" out clearly theYconstruction and advantages of the improved device.

:in the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a fragmentary view of theblank from which the improved wrapper is formed, before being foldedinto shape; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the wrapper folded into the formin which it is placed upon the market; Fig. 3 is a view showing thepocket portion of the wrapper, said pocket portion being partly brokenaway, with the ends of two collars inserted in the pocket, and alsoshowing a fragment ofthe main wrapping portion of the sheet; Fig. 4 is asection on the line 4 4: of Fig. 3 looking upwardly and a portion of thepocket broken away; and Fig. 5 is a view ofthe wrapperk as it appears.when finally wrapped around a plurality of collars. p.

The device is' formedl from a rectangular blank or sheet 6, of paper, orother suitable flexible material. end thereof is cut from opposite edgesin# wardly, for a desired distance, on lines 7 7,

preferably slightly diagonal lines. From4 the end edge centrally is ashort transversely elongated tongue 8.

In forming the complete device, the flaps 9 which are formedby theprovision of the slits 7 are folded inwardly along the dottedSpecification of Letters Patent.

This sheet toward onelllatented dan. 23, 191i F3'.

Application led November 21, 1914. Serial No. 873,245.

lines 10-10 and into overlapping engagement, and made to adheie to eachother by an adhesive material ll arranged longitudinally along the outeredge of one of the flaps 9. IThe tongue 8 is then folded over theoverlapping daps 9, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and an adhesivematerial l2' on the tongue 8 after being first moistened, is caused toadhere tothe overlapping iiaps 9. By this arrangement, a complete pocket1:2 is formed, which has an open mouth 18 at its inner edge.

. in the use of the device the ends of the Collars 14, cu's or otherarticles, are inserted into the pocket preferably to the extentpermitted by the length of the pocket, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4of the drawing. The pocket with the contained ends of the collars isthen wrapped or wound into circular form, and the winding is continueduntil the main body portion of the sheet 6 entirely surrounds not onlythe pocket, but the portions of the 'collars or other articlesprojecting outside of the pocket, so that a circular bundle is formed,of the form clearly shown in Fig. 5. At the end of the main sheet 6Aopposite to the pocket end thereof, the said sheet is provided withadhesive material 15, which adhesive material, after the wrappingdescribed is performed, is moistened s0 that the end of the sheet 6 einbe firmly glued, to prevent accidental unwrappin'g of the bundle. rlheends of the bundle are tucked or folded over as clearlyshown in Fig. 5.

rllhe wrapping of collars or other stili or starched articles hasheretofore been difiicult. Where the collars are wrapped in an ordinarysheet of wrapping paper, not only is abulky and unwieldy bundleproduced, but furthermore one which is extremely liable to becomeunwrapped. 1t is, therefore, not only a source of annoyance to the clerkbut. also to the customer. By my improveddevice a most compact bundlecan be `formed with the least possible expenditure of time, and one inwhich the danger of accidental un'wrapping is almosty entirely avoided.

ln the accompanying l illustrated a size of wrapper which is applicableparticularly to a limited number of collars, two collars being shown.llt is obvious, however, that by increasing the width of the pocket, andthesize of the main wrapping portion of the sheet, the device drawinghavemay be made adaptable for a larger number of articles. v

While l have described the Wrapper as being preferably of paper, yet ldo not wish to be understood as limiting myself to that particularmaterial, inasmuch as the Wrapper may be made of any desired flexiblematerial. It isalso not absolutely necessary that the adhesive material15 at one end of the sheet be necessarily employed, inasmuch as afterthe Wrapper is completely wound around the articles the said wrapper canbe held in its wound condition by means of a string, cord or rubberband.

What I claim. as my invention is:

A wrapper constructed entirely from a single pieceof material andcomprising a pocket portion and a. main body portion, the

misma body portion 'being of greater length than .edges of the pocketand forming integral tucking in Wings extending the entire length of theside edges of the main body portion.

In testimony whereof, I aix my signa ture, in presence of two witnesses.

o'rro E. GROTE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR L. Molisani., A. C. RossAoH.

